There can be no justification for the mass killing of Sikhs in 1984. But the country's collective refusal to hold fast to that memory also has no justification.
Tag: communal violence
‘He Was Sleeping During Riots’: Family of Boy Penalised Rs 2.9 Lakh Over Khargone Clashes
Alongside the boy in question, Madhya Pradesh authorities also issued a notice to his father to pay Rs 4.8 lakh for the damages to the properties he had allegedly …
What Mohan Bhagwat’s Visit to a Madrasa Tells Us About the RSS
Can we now expect the RSS chief to back the idea of multi-religious primers for all school students – especially texts which set out the fundamental precepts and beliefs …
Communal Virus Injected into Diaspora, and the Culture is Growing
Incidents like the violence in Leicester are only going to increase and spread elsewhere unless local governments take decisive action.
Faith Is a Thing of Wonder
A poem on the complexity of sustaining faith in the face of violence caused by the same.
Book Review: Soli Sorabjee and His Illustrious Career
'It is not a conventional biography as Chandrachud gives readers an insight into the key political and legal events that shaped Sorabjee’s life.'
A Nation Gone Berserk
Written in response to a general decline of civil rights in India in the name of abstract ideologies and the vicious cycle of justifying one act of excess by …
For Afreen Fatima
A poem in protest against the bulldozing of the house of anti-CAA activist Afreen Fatima.
In a Korean Rapper’s Brush With Online Hatred, a Lesson For India
In the 2010s, Epik High's Tablo found himself – and his Stanford University degrees – the subject of what was probably one of the first truly enormous online hate …